Experts at the NISS Ingram Olkin Forum shared statistical and data-analytic challenges in researching COVID-19's impact on U.S. schools¶
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q1 i? The forum gathered experts from around the country to share the statistical and data-analytic challenges they faced in reporting on and researching the impact of COVID-19 in U.S. schools. → Megan Kuhfeld 2020
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Megan Kuhfeld. (2020). NISS Ingram Olkin Forum: COVID and the Schools: Modeling Openings, Closings, and Learning Loss. NWEA Research presentation. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/niss-ingram-olkin-forum-covid-and-the-schools-modeling-openings-closings-and-learning-loss/
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Descriptive statement from the NWEA Research page for the 2020 NISS Ingram Olkin Forum presentation. The page states that "experts from around the country share statistical and data-analytic challenges" regarding COVID-19's impact on U.S. schools; no empirical results or effect sizes are reported on the page itself.
"experts from around the country share statistical and data-analytic challenges they have faced as they have reported on and researched issues around the impact of COVID-19 in U.S. schools"
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Experts at the NISS Ingram Olkin Forum shared statistical and data-analytic challenges in researching COVID-19's impact on U.S. schools |
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Experts at the NISS Ingram Olkin Forum shared statistical and data-analytic challenges in researching COVID-19's impact on U.S. |
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